Samuel mason and edwaed binns



iinittii' toen SAMUEL MASON AND EDVARD BINNS, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANI T0 BEAVER FALLS GUTLERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE Letters Patent No. 87,787, dated March 16, 1869.

INPROVEMENI' IN TABLE-CUTLERY.

To all whom 'n may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL M son and EDWARD BINNS, of Beaver Falls, in the county ofBezwex',m1d State of Pennsylvania, have invented n new and usefnl Improvement in TablefGutlery; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be n inll, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention rela-tes to the nninufaeture oi that class of table-cutlery in which the handle is runde separate from the rest ofthe article; nud the nature of it consists in attaching a, flat and round tzr-n g of nn article of cutlery to a, handle made inn single piece, :11nd bored -and slittcd to receivethe tong, by costing a. bolster around the lips of the handle and the tong, into notches or recesses cnt on the edges of the lips and tong.

To enable others skilled in the' ort to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation, reference being hnd to the accompanying drawings, making a. part oi' this speciliczition, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters in the different iignres indicating like parts; and

Figure l being a side View of a knife-blade made with zi lint und round long;

Figure 2 being on edge, and

Figure 3 e side view of the seme, inserted in and fitted to a, hzmdlc, and showing the lips around which, and the notches into which the bolster is to be cast; and

Figure 4 showing, in side View, the knife complete.

b is a knife-blade, made in any known way, but with a Hat and round tong, et a.

In the opposite edges of the at Dart a. ofthe tang, we make notchesLc The handle d, made of wood or other suitable mnterial, and of n single piece, is slitted at one end, as shown in iig. 2, to receive the tint, aoi` the tang, and its body is bored for the round, a', which, in fact, may be square, or oi' other polygonal shape, in cross-section.

The end ofthe handle Il, nround the slit, is cnt down or shouldered, as at d', fig. 2, so as to make room for a. bolster.

The lips o, thus made, are notcl notches being on the edges of the spending in position with the notche is in place.

Having l'itted the two neatly togl two together, in a properly-shape mould, and enst around the lips o ai the notches c c, n bolster, c, the iin enst, is flush, or nearly so, with the d, and may be ornmncnted or not, z

A holster, thus cnst on to ahnndle gives :i perfectly-tight joint at both is neither joint nor seam by which oxidze the tung, or soften the han union between them. Also, no part exposed.

Rivctingis wholly dispensed wit of the bolster .enters the notches c tang and handle from being pulled We claim also n saving in the co and that we thus produce it nealter, stronger knife, than is made by mo` ing heretofore in use.

We nppiy our inventiointo the n knives, but also of other handled a niture.

What we claim ns our invention cure by Letters Potent, is-

In attaching articles of cutlery t combination of :i flot and round i bored, and shouldered handle d, n holsteie, the several ports being m combined, substantially as above se In testimony whereof, we, the sai and EDWARD BiNNs, have hex-cnn' SAh ED\ Witnesses XV. BAKEvmLL,

O. C. TAYLOR. 

